Sheet metal container



'JET-3 Nov. 1o, 1931. v, ODQUIST 1,831,133

Patented Nov. y 10, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT ormoni-1*' VICTOR ODQUIST, 0F YONKERS, NEYW YORK, ASSIGNOR TQ AMERICAN GAN COMPANY, ,1.

vOF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORIolfiUlIOl',0F` NEW JERSEY SHEET METAL CONTAINER -Application filed May 27, 1929. SerialfNa. 366,442. I

The present invention relates to a new andy useful improvement in sheet metal containers and more particularly to a container having a bail or handle pivotally connected therewith.

The principal object of the present invention is the provision of a metallic container having a bail formed of a flat strip of sheet material so shaped as to provide pivotal connection with the container by having its edges turned over to enclose a channel in which there are positioned extended and headed rivets secured to the container body.

A further important object of the present invention is the provision of a container bail formed from a fiat strip ofsheet matei'ial and having pivotal and sliding connection with rivets projecting from opposite points in the wall of the container whereby the bail may be used as a handle, or may be moved into horizontal position and slid into close position adjacent the container Wall. Y n

A further object of the invention-is the provision of a container bail formed from a single strip of sheet material without slots or perforations and being reinforced by a curling of all of its edges, thereby eecting a reinforcedpivotal and sliding connection with the container body and presenting aV mooth bail with an unbroken external surace.

Numerousother objects and advantages of theinvention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.v f

vReferring to the drawings vFigure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section and partly broken away, of a container and its bail made according to the present invention, the bail being shown in container carrying position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the container and bail with the bail shown in non-carrying position, parts being broken away.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken substantiallyalong line 3-3 in Fig. 2 illustrating a portion of the bail takensubstantially along line 1e-4 in turn, extend into semi-circular end edges pivotal connection is thus container in elevation and 'a portion of the bail in container carrying position.

Fig. 411s a transverse sectional view of the Fig. 1. 'Y Y Y L The improved container of the present invention comprises a'container body 11 which may be closed with a top 12 double seamed for otherwise secured thereto. Y

Container body V11 is preferably provided with an, extending horizontal bead' 13 spaced a slight distance from and beneath the container top 12. A bail or handle ltis providedrfor `carrying the `container and comn `prises a flat semi-circular. body lportion 15- having its side edges curled inwardly Vand. bent back or hemmed at 16 (Fig. 4) thev bail beyond body portion 15 having'its side edges curled yinward'by and spaced from the wall 4of the bail as at 17. These curledaedges, in

curled inwardly at 18 toprovide 'agchannel 19-atV each end of the bail.` Y Y A pair of sheet metal clips 21 are secured by rivets 22 or in other suitable manner to opposite positions on the upper endrof-the container body 11. vA pivotal member 23 is projected outwardly from each metal clip 21 and is upset or expanded to provide an en- A larged head 24. Each head 24;"rests withinV one of the channels 19 and vthetwo pivot members form a sliding and pivotal connection between the container body'and the bail.

-Each of the curledren'd edges 18con'fining each channel 19 closely lits the enlarged `head 24 of veach pivot member 23 when the bail'14; is in vertical or container-carrying position and these vedges forin a supportv for the con tainer. The bail 14 is greatly reinforced by the curled edges 16, 17 and 18 and a strong producedv between container Vand bail. l

While a one piece pivotal member23 is,l I

disclosed in the vdrawings as a preferred conv-V struction,A other pivot members having .ene-

larged heads may be use'd'with satisfactory" Y results. V*For* example, pivot member23 may comprise a separate'rivet having an enlarged head 'and secured either to a c lip'i21ror di# A 100 V rectly to the containerbody wall. s

Wall of the container 11 (Fig. 2), the bail being Wholly conned Within the space between the bead 13 and the container top 12. In this condition the container may be rolled through a standard form of labeling machine and a label applied theretowithout any interl ference of the bail 14. Y v

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacric-l ing all of its material advantages, the form khereinbefore described being merely a preerred embodiment thereof.

I claim: v

1. A sheet metal container including a container body, a pair of iiat headed pivot members secured to the body near its top and positioned at diametricallyopposite points, and a Sheet metal bail having its edges turned over to form longitudinal channels, the heads of said pivot members being positioned within the longitudinal channels to form pivotal engagement between said container body and said bail and the turned-over parts of said edges extending into the path of said heads to arrest the same.

2. A sheet metal container including a. cylindrical container body, a pair of flat headed pivot members secured to the bodyrnear its top and positioned at diametrically opposite points, a semi-circular sheet metal bail coniorming in curvature to the Wall of the cylindrical body and having its side and end edges turned over to enclose longitudinal channels,A

the'heads of said pivot. members being positioned Within the longitudinal channels of the bail and having sliding and rotary` movesame.

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ment therein, whereby said bail may be moved into carrying or non-carrying position and the turned-over parts of said edges extending into the path oi' said heads to arrest the same.

3. A sheet metal container including a cylindrical container body, a pair of liat headed `pivot Vmembers secured to the body near its top and positioned at diametrically opposite oints, a semi-circular sheet metal bail. conorming in curvature to the Wall of the cylindrical body and having its side and end edges turned over to enclose longitudinal channels, the heads of said pivot members being posi- 

